MONTECITO, Calif. (Reuters) - Rescue crews expanded their search on Friday for five missing people as the death toll rose to 18 from mudslides in Southern California that damaged hundreds of buildings and caked highways with sludge....

Essential California: A deadly lesson for the state's emergency planners Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, March 19, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES A reckoning on public preparedness long in the making is underway in California after a year that saw unprecedented...(Los Angeles Тimes - Music News)

Dad of slain nursing student brings mourners to tears The grieving dad of strangled Binghamton University student Haley Anderson recalled at her funeral Sunday how he had to clear out her college bedroom after her death — and found a painted wooden sign with “love” written on it over...(New York Post - News, Gossip, Entertainment, Sports & Opinion)